The plan, however, also calls for health authorities to cooperate closely with law enforcement, and to consider in extreme cases "electronic forms of monitoring," "detention facilities" and the establishment of heavily guarded quarantine "zones."

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the Plebiscite were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones, business owners that wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.

At first, nobody was entirely sure which areas were considered "safe" zones, and the Cardassians had no mercy or forgiveness for anyone who accidentally found themselves in a region that had been deemed off-limits.

For example, if while driving down a highway, an oil tanker gets into a car accident and spills its load on the pavement and surrounding grass areas, those areas affected will be considered hot zones.